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May 9 2008 - Statistics Canada reports that the unemployment rate rose to 6.1% in April even though employment increased by an estimated 19,000 over the month as more people entered the job market. Calculated in the U.S. manner, the participation rate reached 64.5% in April. # p: c2 _" _, D& i
: c9 G: a; c( l0 Q X/ ~5 mOnly Manitoba registered significant jobs growth during the month. Overall, the decline in manufacturing jobs continues as a major trend with 112,000 factory jobs lost since April 2007. 8 s" i3 X4 Y: ?# S: G
Seasonally adjusted, unemployment rates vary from 13.2% (Newfoundland and Labrador) to 3.3% (Alberta).
$ s! }! }# _& v. W; nRates for all the provinces were (previous month in brackets):* t- o1 D8 T# e& C5 N) S6 \
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Newfoundland and Labrador 13.2% (12.6%) 6 |+ `/ D8 z2 z/ W
Prince Edward Island 11.2% (10.4%) 0 Z) w+ p) y4 i
Nova Scotia 7.8% (7.9%)
% X$ I6 r0 z0 G9 j9 XNew Brunswick 8.3% (8.5%)
5 f- \5 E* c3 [' m) i! ^" CQuebec 7.6% (7.3%)
- s2 o7 v" f% u( z4 L5 nOntario 6.3% (6.4%)
0 e1 w" Q* ? zManitoba 3.8% (4.3%)
u" u/ x' ^9 X; f% {: FSaskatchewan 4.3% (4.1%) ]/ c3 L! M! Y$ a9 ^. Z
Alberta 3.3% (3.4%) . T! K* ~, l; m& \% ^
British Columbia 4.3% (4.3%) |
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